![]() Sure, the system is bad, but it’s the best we can do. Regardless, an alternative seems unimaginable to many of them. ![]() It produces mass amounts of inequality and is constantly falling into crises. Many of them admit the system isn’t great. I’ve been very open about my political views in the pages of the IDS, which has in turn led to many discussions with fellow students about capitalism. “Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?” by Mark Fisher In addition to “Revolutionary Suicide,” see also former Black Panther Assata Shakur’s book, “Assata: An Autobiography,” and “Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life,” Jon Lee Anderson’s biography of the great revolutionary. It’s important for leftists to know the stories of our great predecessors. Every leftist should know their story, beautifully told here by their co-founder. ![]() They saw the problems in their community, the suffering Black Americans had endured from the hands of the capitalists and the government, and they organized. ![]() The Panthers largely consisted of young people just like us. Newton and Bobby Seale were just college students when they founded the Party, and their first recruit was a high school student. I wrote a column in January about the Panthers, largely informed by my reading of Newton’s autobiography. This is Black Panther Party co-founder Huey Newton’s 1973 autobiography, and it’s a blend of the personal and political. ![]()
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